Version 8.0 | May 2025
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It contains further information about working for Acorn by Synergie.
This handbook contains all information specific to Cytiva employees.
<aside> <img src="/icons/chat-user_gray.svg" alt="/icons/chat-user_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Cytiva Ilfracombe, Station Road, Ilfracombe, North Devon EX34 8BH
T 01271 343 222 / 07786 834 813
Luke Gallagher – 07786 834813
This handbook is designed to introduce you to Acorn by Synergie Recruitment and Cytiva, and to help advise you on the important details you will need as an Agency Worker.
In addition to this Handbook, you will also receive a Key Information Document (KID), an Assignment Details Form and a Written Statement; all of which will contain specific details about your assignment and your engagement with Acorn Recruitment Ltd.
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Key Accounts Manager: Polly Tomlinson
Address & contact details
Acorn by Synergie, 2 Boutport Street, Barnstaple EX31 1RH
T 01271 343 222 / 07825 095 756
This handbook is designed to introduce you to Acorn by Synergie Recruitment and Cytiva, Ilfracombe and to help advise you on the important details you will need while working at Cytiva. For all generic information, please refer to your Agency Worker Handbook.
Rates of pay: £12.70 + shift allowance (excl. Core days)
Overtime rates are applicable to 8 hour shifts
12 hour shift overtime rates
Intervals of payment
Annual leave entitlement
As the South West’s leading recruitment specialist, we have a great deal of experience in all types of recruitment and will always be on hand to give you the advice and guidance you need to succeed in your role.
You have a dedicated on-site Acorn Account Manager, who will take time to get to know you and your requirements. When working with Acorn by Synergie we make it our business to listen. We will ensure your pay rate, training and support are the best so you will give us your best. All of our services are free and tailored to your individual needs.
For two years David Pall, with a PhD in Physical Chemistry, laboured in his spare time nurturing a dream. The dream was to start his own business based on a product he had invented – Porous Stainless Steel (PSS). His newly engineered material would provide the industry with filter material vastly superior to anything previously developed. The dream came to life in 1946 with the formation of the Micro Metallic Company (renamed Pall Corporation in 1957) and consisted of Dr Pall working out of a cluttered garage, but later he moved to more spacious quarters behind a shoe shine parlour in Brooklyn. From this humble beginning grew the Pall Corporation.
Pall’s only business is filtration and the technologies that are complementary to it. The result of a nearly 60-year focus on filtration is an accumulated wealth of scientific knowledge, diverse application experience, vast technology and product portfolio. This has made Pall the largest and broadest-based filtration company in the world. We bring all our experiences and resources together for the benefit of our customers. Today, Pall Corporation’s business solves complex contamination problems. Every manufacturer, municipal water supplier, airline, laboratory, hospital and blood centre is a potential Pall customer.
The life sciences business of Pall Corporation and Cytiva were integrated under the Cytiva brand on May 2, 2023
Cytiva serves this diverse, global customer base through two major market segments – Life Sciences and Industrial.
Medical – Cytiva’s medical filters, for both the blood and critical care markets, are used extensively in blood centres and hospitals for patients requiring blood transfusions, open heart surgery, organ transplants, dialysis, intravenous feeding and blood therapy.
Biopharmaceuticals — Cytiva provides the broadest range of advanced filtration solutions and drug validation services for each critical stage of drug development.
General industrial – Cytiva provides a wide range of sophisticated filtration and separation products and systems that enhance fluid purity by removing microscopic contaminants that can devastate production equipment, product yields and quality.
Aerospace – Cytiva provides sophisticated filtration and fluid monitoring equipment for use on commercial / military aircraft-based vehicles and ships.
Micro-electronics – Semiconductors that power modern society would not exist without advanced filtration technologies. Cytiva’s products remove contaminants to the parts per trillion levels, helping manufacturers meet their dual goal of high product quality and increased yields.
Cytiva Ilfracombe manufactures over 5.7 million filters a year, serving a broad base of filtration, separation and purification processes for customers in global markets ranging from drug discovery to steel mills.
The Cytiva Ilfracombe Team provides innovative filtration solutions, exceeding our customers’ and stakeholder’s expectations in a clean, safe, ethical and ever-changing environment. We will continuously strive for operational excellence in all aspects of the business.